Timeline for Counteracting Black Walnut or Cedar mulch
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| Jun 28, 2016 at 13:03 | comment | added | Paul Nardini | I'm not the person who implied epsom salt affects pH. -- Once the decomposition begins, the Nitrogen will begin to leech back into the soil. It's best, like Stormy said, to compost it beforehand. But throwing on some extra Nitrogen will probably solve the issue. --- Good luck! | |
| Jun 27, 2016 at 22:16 | comment | added | Traveler | See my comments on the previous post (above). The garden is all raised beds with well drained soil and doesn't stay wet, just moist where the mulch is. The food forest also has raised beds with blueberries, raspberries, grapes, goji berries, black elderberries and asparagus (which has pretty much been killed by the black walnut mulch). I think the berries will survive OK with extra nitrogen and epsom salt, but I'm probably going to have to relocate and replant the asparagus. I've been carefully monitoring the pH in all beds and they're all OK. Incidentally, epsom salt doesn't affect pH. | |
| Jun 26, 2016 at 5:48 | history | answered | Paul Nardini | CC BY-SA 3.0 |